The Effects of Age, Object, and Cultural/Religious Background on Children's Concepts of Death.

Candy-Gibbs, Sandra E.; And Others

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v15 n4 p329-46 1984-85

Examined concepts of death in 114 children. Significant cultural/religious background differences were found for concepts of irreversibility, universality, and inevitability. Age effects were found for universality and inevitability. Understanding of causation of death was significantly influenced by the child's age and background. (NRB)